Ramblings of love, politics, happenings, and a mid-mid life crisis

A Whole New Galaxy…

This past birthday, Joe & friends got me a Wii with all the fixin’s. I have really loved playing Sports and Mario Kart…that game just never gets old. We also just got 2 additional controllers so that 4 people can drive at a time for chaotic fun. Anyway….I’m getting off topic.

For Christmas, my parents gave us ‘Super Mario Galaxy’. At first I was a little apprehensive. The Wii is my first gaming system ever…I never played as a kid with friends for hours just to pass some silly level. (I would try a few times if I was visiting a house with a Nintendo, die a few times, and quit. ) Really, I was too busy climbing trees or having my Barbies makeout. Again, beside the point…as a result of this lack of experience, as Joe would say—my gaming sense is pretty weak.

But, we have been playing Mario Galaxy pretty frequently recently…and I love it!!! You can have 1 main player and 1 support player so its good that Joe and I can play together, as I would probably just get bored watching him play. We may be playing too much though as the Mario moves are infiltrating my life. The other day, we were at a farm with a creek. I imagined bouncing from creekside to side picking up coins along the way. Someone annoying me? I imagine simply spinning to stun them and get them away. With each time we play, my gaming sense grows stronger. Haha!

It really is a fun game though if anyone is looking for a Wii adventure game. You travel from galaxy to galaxy collecting stars. At first I didn’t like how the perspective changes, but you get used to it and it just adds an additional challenge.

Example how perspective changes as you walk around a galaxy

It’s also been neat as Mario has turned into a Bee, a Ghost, a little ice guy that freezes water wherever he trod…who knows whats next!?!

Anyway…I don’t really want to do a proper game review. (I’d have to wait until we beat the whole game anyway…and I think we’ve got quite awhile!)

I just wanted to say thanks Mom for the fun gift! We are really enjoying it!! 🙂